On 11/22/2019 06:40 AM, Dave Howorth wrote:
On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 01:21:33 -0600 "David C. Rankin" <drankinatty@suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:
Worth all being aware of -- courtesy of El Reg.
Bad news: 'Unblockable' web trackers emerge. Good news: Firefox with uBlock Origin can stop it. Chrome, not so much
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/21/ublock_origin_firefox_unblockable_t...
And the world called Kaczynski crazy....??
I don't understand most of what that article says. Does DoH have any effect on this exploit? But I use FF with uBO so I don't care, apparently.
My take away was the bad guys have found a way to continue tracking you site-to-site and to fingerprint your browser (tie those browsing activities to you individually) by using DNS to get around the browser setting [x] Block third-party cookies by having the domain you are visiting delegate subdomains via CNAME to the third-party trackers so the third-party trackers appear as first-party content. (there's more to it than that, but that's what I got as the gist) And yes, using FF with Ublock origin does provide at least some piece of mind. (add to that becoming a digital hermit -- you should be fine :) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org